Improvement



` E. W. GILMRE.

Hasn-Fasteners.

NO IO-,SGLL Patented May 5,1874.

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, NrrED STATES PATENT C'rrron.

EDWIN W. GILMORE, OF EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPRovE'MEN-r IN'HASP-FASTENERS.

Speeiiication forming par-t of Letters Patent No. 150,564, dated May 5,1874 application tiled April 7, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN W. GILMoRE,of Easton, in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Hasps; and Ido hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with thedrawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is adescription of my invention, sufficient to enable those skilled in theart to The invention relates particularly to a provision in hasps forlocking the swinging hasp to a tongue, over which the hasp closes, by aswing fastening that will be retained in position to keep the hasplocked under any motion to which the hasp maybe subjected, but thatadmits ot' being readily moved by hand when it is desired to unfastenthe hasp. In my invention, I use a hooked tongue instead of a staple,the tongue projecting through the haspslot when the hasp is closed; andupon the hasp I pivot a bent springfastener, Which, being turned towardthe tongue, slides under the hook, where it is held by the stress of thespring, the end of the fastening. being forced into the slot. Myinvention consists in a hasp made with a swinging spring-fastener, that,passing under the hook ot' a tongue that passes through the slot, isheld in position, normally, by the stress ot' the spring.

The drawing represents a construction einbodying my invention.

Figure l is a front view of the hasp. 2 is a central section thereof.

a denotes the swing-hasp, hinged to the plate b. c denotes the slot; d,the tongue, that, eX- tending from a plate, e, passes through the slot,this tongue being made with the hook f. g denotes the fastener or bolt,pivoted at h, and '1n ade as a bent spring, which, when turned into linewith the tongue, passes under the hook and springs down into the slotsufhoiently far to hold it in position, in which position it retains thehook or locks the hasp. From this position, it may be pressed by handWhen it is desired to unlock the hasp, but whenever the 'fastener ismoved into line with the slot, there it Will remain by the stress of thespring until forcibly swung therefrom by hand.

I claim- The spring-fastener f/ and hook f, operating to secure thehasp, substantially as shown and described.

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E. W. GILMORE.

